Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said she was proud to speak at and attend heavily-policed student rallies at the University of Sydney today, which were organised in opposition to the federal government\u2019s proposed university fee hikes and funding cuts.
\nSenator Faruqi said:
\n\u201cI was so proud to stand with students and staff in opposition to these terrible fee hikes and funding cuts.
\n\u201cUnfortunately my speech was cut short by NSW police moving us on.
\n\u201cIt was outrageous to see, yet again, a heavy-handed police presence at these vital ongoing student rallies.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s nothing less than authoritarian to shut down safety-conscious, socially distanced rallies while thousands are allowed to congregate at the footy.
\n\u201cPublic protest is a fundamental right and a cornerstone of a functioning democracy.
\n\u201cClasses are in full swing and face-to-face. Police action at these rallies is not about public safety – it\u2019s about shutting down democracy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said she was proud to speak at and attend heavily-policed student rallies at the University of Sydney today, which were organised in opposition to the federal government\u2019s proposed university fee hikes and funding cuts. Senator Faruqi said: \u201cI was so proud to stand with students and staff … Continue reading “Uni Rallies Essential To Fight Cuts And Autocracy”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}